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Livin' Easy™ Rose (tree form)
Rosa 'HARwelcome (tree form)'
Height: 5 feet
Spread: 4 feet
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Hardiness Zone: 5b
Group/Class: Floribunda Rose
Brand: Weeks Roses
Description:
Scrumptious flowers of showy apricot orange will stand out in your landscaping with this wonderful hardy and vigorous floribunda; blooms up a storm throughout the season and is notably durable for a rose
Ornamental Features
Livin' Easy™ Rose (tree form) is clothed in stunning lightly-scented orange flowers with peach overtones at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color. The fruits are showy red hips displayed in late fall.
Landscape Attributes
Livin' Easy™ Rose (tree form) is a deciduous dwarf tree, selected and trained to grow in a small tree-like form with the primary plant grafted high atop a standard. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
This is a high maintenance dwarf tree that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
- Disease
- Spiny
Livin' Easy™ Rose (tree form) is ideal for use as a garden accent or patio feature, and is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing
Livin' Easy™ Rose (tree form) will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 3 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.
This dwarf tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
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